Question

Estimating with percents: Isaac and his sister plan to surprise their parents by buying then each a pair of shoes. They agree that Isaac will pay 68% of the price since he receives a greater allowance. Use and estimation strategy to determine how much Isaac will pay if the total bill is $97.65. Show the step-by-step process you used to solve the problem

Answer 1

Issac has to pay 68% and 68% as a decimal is .68 So to solve this you would multiply 97.65 x .68 = 66.40 So Isaac will pay $66.40 dollars. If you want to go even further his family would pay 31.25$ of the total cost. Hope this helps you

Explanation:

Answer 2

for estimating round both the price of shoes and the percentage to round numbers

97.65 is close to 100, so use 100 for the price of shoes

68% is close to 70 so use 70%

then multiply 100 by 70 %,

100 *70% = 70 dollars

so Isaac would pay around 70 dollars